Before WIMPs: Neutrinos and the origins of particle dark matter

arXiv:2609.25239 · physics.hist-ph, astro-ph.CO, hep-ph · Submitted 2026-09-21 · Read on arXiv

physics.hist-ph, astro-ph.CO, hep-ph

Submitted: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-21

Comments: Accepted for publication in Nature Review Physics. This arXiv version contains images that differ from those in the final journal version

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Clustering — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Weakly Interacting Massive Particle — 6× in this paper
• Abundance — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Trace — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Entanglement — 1× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• European Southern Observatory — 1× in this paper
• Pacific North-West Laboratory — 1× in this paper
• Phase Transitions — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Solar Neutrinos with the LUX-ZEPLIN — 1× in this paper

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